WARWICK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The death of Steven Ercolino at the hands of a disgruntled former co-worker has left his friends and loved ones with unimaginable grief. Those who knew him are shocked that his life was cut short so violently.

“Then I guess he shot at a police officer, and police officer shot him and one of them shot me in the arm and he fell,” Asika said. “I didn’t even know until I got to the end of the street and I saw the blood. So I just fell to the ground and crawled to the end of the street and just fell right there.”